Jessy Bakes

I’ve been craving Oreo’s lately.  I don’t like buying them though because portion control is a bit tough for me when it comes these cookies.  Or, I’ll buy a bag and find them off a bit.  Like stale?  OR, I’ll buy a bag, have 2 and then be done.  So, this bag of Oreos sits in my pantry forever or (more likely) the husband finds and devours them.  Well, all of them but one broken one and leaves the package in the pantry :/ , but that’s a whole other topic.  I’ve also always wondered what exactly is IN an Oreo; especially the filling.  I just didn’t really want to know I guess.  All of that hydrogenated goodness…

I found this post by Olga on Sassy Radish and thought I’d give it a try.  Her cookies look fantastic!  I was a little shaken by my earlier Newton Fiasco.  I thought there was no way these cookies would actually taste exactly like Oreos anyways.  I’d just screw up and go buy a bag and deal with the consequences.

I’m SO excited to report that Olga’s recipe is perfect!!!  You can smell Oreo as soon as you mix together the dry ingredients!  It really smells like the dark round goodness I’m used to.  The filling is just right too!  These are SO easy to whip up I’ll likely never buy another bag of Oreo cookies.  The only change I made was to use Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder.  I also have to say that flattening your cookies pretty well is a good idea.  They do puff a bit, but are a wafer (read CRUNCHY… like Oreos).  I used a cookie scoop and just pinched the ball in half to make my cookies.  They turned out just the right size.  Yay for Olga’s Oreo’s!